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During the month of May, we are expecting to reach the milestone of 20 million visitors since opening in 1998. We are so excited that our partners and sponsors want to celebrate this with us, and have put together a great prize package for our 20 millionth visitor. The prize will be presented as they… Read more »

Here at Te Papa we passionately believe in the power of art to enrich, empower and challenge our lives and we are committed to bringing art to the widest possible audience. Recently, a small group of us have teamed up to develop and trial a new project called Stick it to the man in conjunction with one… Read more »

The New Zealand AIDS Memorial Quilt and associated archive has been gifted to Te Papa, and is now housed in the museum for posterity. The Quilt is a profound and significant taonga – representing the many people who died of AIDS in New Zealand during the devastating epidemic in the 1980s and 90s. The Quilt… Read more »

新西兰国家博物馆庆祝新西兰与中国建交40周年 As the New Zealand and Chinese Governments mark the fortieth anniversary of bilateral diplomatic relations, the National Museums of New Zealand and China are set to strengthen the bonds of the two cultures as they prepare to exchange exhibitions. An announcement about forthcoming exchanges was made when Te Papa welcomed His Excellency Mr Jia… Read more »

Next week we are making some changes to the the blog look and feel and the layout of the Te Papa homepage. Here’s a sneaky peak of the blog, you can scroll down to see the homepage mockup. Why change? We wanted to bring the blog under the main Te Papa brand and integrate it… Read more »